Maddie and I usually walk on Saturday and Sunday. She often walks with the Editor during the week, but then they fall into their normal routine. I should add that their normal routine doesn’t include me barging in,
slamming opening and closing doors, toggling lights, responding to sounds on my phone or yelling for asking the Editor to come out to the garage and look at something. Their normal routine is busy, but quiet.
By the end of a normal weekend, Maddie is tired. She often sleeps quite a bit on Monday. But, not this Monday. This was a holiday and since I had taken Thursday and Friday off, it was the fifth day in a row that I was home. Sunday was a washout, but Labor Day came with the request (Maddie’s) and promise of a walk.
I’m not sure Maddie was really up for it. Midway around the park, she paused, looked up at me and seemed to say:
“Can we go home now?”
I let her lead from that point forward, and she took the shortcut through one parking lot and avoided crossing the street to the other park. Once home, she staked out the couch in the family room and settled in for a long nap.
This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. You can follow this link to see the one-liners from the other participants. The gallery includes some pictures from our various walks and (of course) some of Maddie. Click any photo to start a show and read the captions.
I love Maddie, and the idea of a thunder shirt. Whatever works to help alleviate concerns about serious storms is a good solution. :-) Glad she had a good weekend with her owners and also grabbed a little down time. Hope the week is treating you well so far, Dan.
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Thanks Judy. Any week that doesn’t include a Monday in the office is a good week. I might stress Maddie out a bit more and take Friday off, too!
She actually slept in her Tundershirt last night. She was very happy having it on. As you said, whatever works.
I hope your week is going well.
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That’s odd. I said the same exact thing at work yesterday. Just before lunch. I would have gladly done a Maddie and gone home to the couch, but you know…work…
Nice photos, Dan. Please tell Maddie and the other two rascals that they are good kids and give them all a pet for me. And tell the editor to hurry up with the squirrel food!
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Ha! I’m sorry no one let you take a shortcut through the parking lot and head home early. Dogs just seem to have a better idea about how to approach life…”I’m tired, therefore I’ll sleep.” It seems so simple.
Squirrels, birds, chipmunks, cats and dog have all been fed. The big noisy human, well, we’ll get to him at some point.
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Love this! Question: The picture “after the storm”, what is that on the sidewalk? It looks like a tiny puppy or a really big twisted leaf. Enquiring minds . . .
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After reading your post today, Pam, I’m less embarrassed to say that it’s a squirrel’s butt. Actually, it’s a squirrel’s tail, as he’s scampering away from the scene.
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I love it! I’m THAT kind of person! I once put a calendar together of animal tails (and bums). It was 1999 and I called it: “Tail End of the Century”. Very few people got the joke. Sigh . .
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That sounds like a pretty cool calendar :-)
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Found you through Janet. Looking forward to following you Dan. See how those containers in your life are overflowing.
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Thanks Ruth. I just checked out your blog. I grew up in Pittsburgh, and we’ve stayed on Neville Island numerous times while visiting. I think I’ll be following.
I hope you like it here. It is kind of random. I hope I can hold your interest.
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Beautiful photos, Dan. Maddie is a sweetheart!
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Thanks Jennie. She has her moments ;-)
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🙂
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Such great photos, Dan. Maddie is such a pretty girl, and your little squirrel buddy–what a ham!
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Thanks Lois. The squirrels are really getting bold, lately. One in the driveway kept getting closer and closer. My wife tries to make sure they don’t become dependent, but they know she’s a soft-touch.
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I love the photo of Maddie in her thundershirt squished between the back of the couch and you. Funny how cats don’t seem to have the same reaction to thunder that dogs do. Theo sat with me on the front step and watched the storm with me.
Hope you enjoyed your 5 day weekend – in spite of the rain.
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It was a great weekend, Joanne, thanks. We refer to me as ThunderDad when there’s a storm. She hunkers down behind me, at least for a while. It’s weird, it only seems to be certain storms that bother her. We’ve been caught in the rain while walking, and she doesn’t mind. But some days, she’s antsy in the house, hours before the storm appears. I guess they can sense it.
Yeah, the cats don’t seem to mind.
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Awww, Maddie <3 I sometimes take shortcuts home, too. Many times I believe Sadie is appreciative, because she'll find a sunspot and snore :)
Love the photos, Dan.
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I love the way dogs can get comfy just about anywhere. If you promised me a good home, I’d be a dog.
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That made me smile :)
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I can almost hear Maddie muttering under her breath, “if all you are going to do is take pictures of squirrels and chipmunks, I am out of here.”
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I do get that look sometimes. Especially when we are leaving for our walk and the squirrels stop us. They were standing in the driveway one day this weekend. One got within 4-5 feet. I yelled “she is a dog!” because I was worried the dumb thing would run under Maddie.
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Interesting that she communicates well with you and knows the short cut.
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Thanks Frank – She knows her walk and her park. If I tell her “let’s do a short walk” she bypasses the park entrance and we loop thought the apartments for the elderly. Sometimes, I tell her “short walk” and she leans into my thigh and pushes me into the entrance, as if to say “no, long walk.”
We also know when she wants to go outside and sit.
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LOL! Maddie’s Thundershirt! Love it!! Great images of past walks, and critters.
I also loved your caption, “This was a long foul ball. After trying to go artistic, I tossed it back.” :)
It sounds like you have a pretty great 5 days at home.
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I did have a nice long weekend, Deborah, thanks. I’m glad you liked the foul ball shot. I’d seen one of those earlier this year and I was mad at myself for not trying to get a picture. This time, I even got down closer to the ground.
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:) I love those low shots, but man sometimes it’s so hard to get back up! Hopefully you don’t have that issue.
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Yeah. I watch Faith go down and up like a yo-to and it hurts just watching 😏
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:)
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Thanks so much Penney!
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Very nice photos. Sounds like Maddie is getting tired. :)
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Thanks Deborah. I think she was happy to see me go to work yesterday.
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I enjoy updates about Maddie, Dan. Also nice to keep track of Chippy and the squirrel as well. Why doesn’t squirrel have a name?
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Thanks John. Two of the squirrels are referred to as the orphan babies. Their mother was hit by a car in front of our house, My wife discovered them standing near their mom’s body and she ‘adopted’ them. Those two have been known to stand up against the glass of the storm door. That started the feeding frenzy that now defines our front yard. We don’t name them ‘cuz there’s too many! Chippy got a name because a) he’s too cute and b) chipmunks usually aren’t brave/friendly enough to stick around when humans come out.
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Thanks, Dan.
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Poor pooped puppy! Your pictures are perfection, particularly of the path and the park. Don’t ask me where all the “p” words came from. People will be saying I’m alliterate.
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Perfectly ‘propriate. I think Maddie was pretty happy to see me leave for work yesterday. She didn’t even want to come out of her crate. She got wrapped in the thundershirt last night in a pretty nasty storm, and she just wanted to stay wrapped up.
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Great post, Dan. Squirrel butt and all. I like the shot of the sprinkler spray. Maddie does look like she was feeling lazy. I’d like to be able to follow her example today. But I’m taking leave the rest of the week, so I’ll try not to complain. Have a wonder-filled Wednesday.
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Thanks, and have a nice long weekend, Teagan. I’ve got some vacation planned, but I’ll be working tomorrow. Enjoy!
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Much like us Dan I suspect … a sudden input of extra exercise would make us want to put our feet up – good for Maddie is what I say … just enjoy your walks with her – cheers Hilary
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We do enjoy our walks, Hilary. And I don’t mind cutting them short every now and then. I also enjoy resting with her on the couch (it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make).
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I was in a rush for a doctor’s appointment this morning, so didn’t actually finish. I had to come back and read my favorite Photo quotes.
Must be something in the air, the other animals look as lethargic as Maddie, eh?
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Seriously, I think everyone is getting ready to hibernate. “Feed us and let us sleep” seems to be the message I’m getting 😏
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hahaha
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Thanks for swinging by again.
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They know when they’ve had enough, don’t they?
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I guess we all do.
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You and Maddie have such good communication!
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She makes her wishes known. When I want to take a shortcut, she will sometimes lean into me and send me down the park entrance.
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:)
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Aw – her thundershirt. Love it.
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She loves that shirt!
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Maddie is really so cool. Love her face when she looks up with her expressive eyes. The thundershirt is really cool too. I don’t know if they make them for cats, but my daughter tells me that hers are frightened when there is a thunder storm. Which was big last night in Baltimore. Pets feel these storms sooner than us and most are scared.
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Thanks Evelyne. They do make Thundershirts for cats. We got the idea for Maddie’s shirt from our daughter who has one for her cat. Maddie loves her thundershirt (and her thuinderDad. I don’t seem to mind.
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Ha! I need to tell my daughter then.
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The critters are very cute and bushy tailed, enjoyed Maddie a lot, Chippy and Nutty, too. That left top little bird seemed like he or she was looking right at the camera! Wonder what a bird says while posing for the camera? Maybe, “Birdseed!” or “berries, please!” That would be like saying “cheese!” Hope you didn’t stress too much and chose a Friday off, too.
Not to complain but to accentuate differences, I have extra hours to make up for our day off, like today was 7 am till 6:15 pm. Some friends were staying to clean up their areas till 6:30 but I just took off and clocked out! 😃
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Those are long days. We often end up working long days ahead of or after vacation. I guess the days of truly getting time off are gone 🙁
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You’re so right, Dan! We are sure it is because after a holiday, the car parts are being ordered at Advance Auto stores to replace ones used. Guess it makes sense! Thanks for the shared sympathy, too bad it happens in your work. . .
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I’ll be working a little little late today, because I’m taking tomorrow off. It’s the way things are.
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Dan, love the photos of Maddie! Her sleek red coat is so beautiful. All the other critters are cute! Funny, how dogs have a mind of their own sometimes. Our Lasa Apso Sammy steers us to streets he wants to walk on.He gets bored with the same route. Charley, our sweet Shih Tzu, wags his tail, smiles and goes anywhere. Such different characteristics. Have a great rest of the week! Christine
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Thanks Christine. It is funny how they have such minds of their own. We’ve had four Irish Setters and they all have approached walking differently.
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She looks pretty comfortable on the couch, Dan. Our dogs also seem to decide when the walk is over and make a bee-line for the comfy spots. :-)
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They know what they’re doing. Once they train us…
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Poor Maddie, you wore her out! ;) Lovely pictures, Dan. :D
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Thanks Linda. She loves those walks.
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